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THE PEARS OF NEW YORK 



Fondante de Charleville. i. Guide Prat. 92. 1895. 



Fruit large, pyriform, regular in outline, of a beautiful color; flesh melting, buttery, 

 of an agreeable flavor; Nov. and Dec. 



Fondante de Charneau. i. Leroy Did. Pom. 2:170, fig. 1869. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 

 579. 1884. 



A wilding found byM. L6gipont growing on his property at Charneau, in the Province 

 of Li&ge, Bel., at the beginning of the last century. Fruit large, sometimes very large, 

 pjTiform but uneven in outline, pale greenish-yellow, thickly dotted with large gray specks 

 and sometimes vermilioned on the side next the sun; flesh white, fine, very melting, juicy, 

 scented, sugary and rich; excellent; Sept. to Nov. 



Fondante de Cueme. i. Ann. Pom. Beige 2:5, fig. 1854. 2. Bunyard Handb. Hardy 

 Fr. 175. 1920. 



This variety was found by Reynaert Beemaert in the environs of Courtrai, Bel., but 

 the time of its first production is unknown. Fruit large, conic-pyriform, rather irregular 

 in outline, lemon-yellow, with numerous ash-gray dots; flesh yellowish-white, semi-fine 

 and melting, rather gritty about the core, very juicy, sugary, vinous, sHghtly aromatic; 

 second; Sept. 

 Fondante des Emmurees. i. Guide Prat. no. 1876. 



Obtained from a seed of Doyenn^ Boussock by M. Sannier, Rouen, Fr., and placed 

 on the market in 1873. Fruit medium, turbinate, clear yellow, dotted with gray; flesh 

 yellowish, sugary, perfumed; good; Sept. 

 Fondante d'Ingendal. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 763. 1869. 



Belgian. Raised by M. Gambler and first published in 1856. Fruit medium, pyri- 

 form, greenish-yellow, touched with gray and with red; flesh fine, melting; good to very 

 good; Sept. to Nov. 

 Fondante de Ledeberg. i. Guide Prat. 103. 1895. 



Belgian. Raised about 1890. Fruit pale green, dotted with brown; flesh very 

 melting, white and slightly perfumed; first; Mar. and Apr. 



Fondante de la Maitre-ficole. i. Leroy Did. Pom. 2:175, %• 1869. 2. Downing Fr. 

 Trees Am. 764. 1869. 



Produced in the gardens of Robert & Moreau, growers at Angers, Fr. ; first tested in 

 1 86 1. Fruit medium, oblong, golden or orange-yellow, dotted and mottled with fawn; 

 flesh fine, yellowish, breaking, juicy, vinous, sugary and perfumed; second; Dec. and 

 Jan. 

 Fondante de Malines. i. Mag. Hon. 14:209. 1848. 2. Ann. Pom. Beige d'.g, fig. 1858. 



Raised by Major Esp6ren at Mechlin (Malines), Bel., in 1842. Fruit large, globular- 

 turbinate, smooth, of a deep golden-yellow with a crimson cheek in the sun, spotted with 

 crimson dots; flesh white, a little coarse, buttery, juicy, sugary, tart, good but somewhat 

 variable; Oct. and Nov. 

 Fondante de Mars. i. Leroy Did. Pom. 2:177, fig- 1869. 



Origin uncertain. Fruit above medium, globular, irregular, more or less bossed; skin 

 rough, greenish, mottled and dotted with brown; flesh whitish, semi-fine, breaking, granular, 

 wanting in juice and sugar; third; Dec. and Jan. 



